I can't answer much of this other than to say that the blue is actually
changeable. See, http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=653343
This will give you a nice green screen of death. The bottom of the page
explains the color choices. As to the cause I can't answer any of that.

Brad Loomis
San Miguel, CA


-----Original Message-----
I was reading Peter's question about a possible failing video card, and it
got me wondering:  Why is it a
**blue** screen of death when your computer crashes?

I have had black screens - that makes sense.  (SP2 caused them.)

But why Blue?  It seems that if the computer crashes, then garbage should be
going to the video card and
GIGO!

Do video cards put out a blue screen by default when the input directions
make no sense?  Then, a blue
screen would seem to make the video card less of a likely culprit when there
is a system crash, as it is
doing what it is supposed to be doing.

Dean Kukral

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